Akili Li wrote:ha ha ha, I don't know as the kids register anything besides, "Is it candy? No? Ah, that's sad I wanted candy". But the parents certainly enjoy it.
Yeah, it's hard if you don't have other people around to help encourage this stuff! I could totally have been doing craft things on my own this year but without the company I just wasn't!
And Halloween is the *PERFECT* time for people who can't sew or carve because if it turns out all wonky and lopsided and odd you can just say it was on purpose, because
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HALLOWEEN!
You are free to steal any or all of these ideas, too, if you want to start doing the same thing.
We can have a chat thread and consult with each other planning our next crafting party and reporting how it went and stuff!
Oh dear heavens I have *yet* to come up with a successful option for providing refreshments/food. The time we tried potluck meant that everyone brought bags of crisps and the crumbs got into the crafting goods and it was just sad. The time I tried to make things ahead all by myself I stayed up the night before and was so tired I didn't get any crafting done. The time we all put in for takeout was okay but too expensive. Half the time I just gave up and said "eat before you come".... there must be a better way.
Maybe I should do one of the crafting events as a joint "let's all build gingerbread houses" option and then we can just eat the failures? But that only solves one....
anyhow brainstorming notions with someone else would honestly be a relief.
I imagine the parents would certainly enjoy it, yes! And I'm really not crafty, nor motivated, so I doubt that I'd ever make it a permanent thing, but it could totally be a one-off thing I'd do with my family for Christmas? Certain parts, that is. We've accessorized costumes for themed Christmas parties before, after all. :D
And the crumbs! No! D:
Before covid, we'd arrange a baking weekend where we would all make cookies/desserts for the Christmas holidays, multiple batches of different kinds each, and divvy 'em up equally, so everyone would have 4-5 different types of cookies/brownies/others that would last about a month lol. You could try something like that? Don't know if it qualifies under the "crafting" umbrella though, haha!